Is there a Node.js equivalent of Perl's WWW::Mechanize?

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I'm searching a module for Node which would be similar to WWW::Mechanize for Perl. Or even better to WWW::Mechanize::Firefox.

The main functionality would be to find and submit form by name, class or id.
The ability to handle cookies would be great
and the ability to handle Javascript would be perfect.

If anyone had an idea of something similar, or in which direction I could search, that would really be appreciated.

Why would this question be down voted? – Sami Apr 24 '13 at 20:10 — Sami, Apr 24 '13 at 20:10
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Dan Dascalescu · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-10T00:35:11.983

What you're looking for is a scriptable/headless browser. In decreasing order of popularity, the options are:

Google Puppeteer - "Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Chromium"
Zombie - more lightweight; "Insanely fast, headless full-stack testing using Node.js"
slimerjs - scriptable Firefox. No commits since March 2018.
mechanize-js, which lacks documentation and has far less traction than any of the above alternatives

Abandoned projects

PhantomJS - headless WebKit.
chimera - abandoned since 2013

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '13 at 12:09

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Try mechanize-js - the name says it all...

answered May 29 '13 at 12:09

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Sami · Answer 3 · 2013-05-25T17:10:01.543

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The closest tool I have found for now is zombie.

Apparently it is not exactly ready for production (and may never be) as it is a testing tool. Nevertheless it seems that it is the closest match for the functionality needed (and it supports JS!)

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answered Apr 26 '13 at 13:46

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 07:47

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you can embed perl script in node.js use:

npm install exec_perl

see: https://github.com/tlqtangok/exec_perl

answered Dec 06 '16 at 07:47

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Is there a Node.js equivalent of Perl's WWW::Mechanize?

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